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Mike Babcock’s injury update didn’t make for optimistic listening as the Edmonton Oilers begin the 2026-27 regular season. In the morning scrum before the home opener, he surprised reporters by saying that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would not play tonight versus the Vancouver Canucks. But his follow-up reports on other injured Oilers weren’t the most optimistic. “He…
It’s finally a real Vancouver Canucks game day! And that means it’s also time for a real edition of Scenes from morning skate, live from Edmonton! The Canucks take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place tonight in Edmonton as both teams kick off their 2026-27 regular seasons. We travelled with the Canucks for this…
The Edmonton Oilers have a very favourable schedule to start the season, and they plan on taking advantage of it. They’ve been slow out of the gate the past three seasons, starting 4-5-1, 4-5-1 and 2-7-1, but in the fall of 2021, they were 9-1 out of the gate and 7-3 the following season. The…
The Edmonton Oilers, who underwent numerous changes in leadership during the offseason behind the bench, are set to open up the 2026-27 NHL campaign in which they’ll hope for a better fate than their first-round loss in the postseason this spring. However, they’re already behind the 8-ball when it comes to injuries. Not only are […] The post Oilers dealt discouraging Ryan Nugent-Hopkins update ahead of season opener appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Oilers are going to be without a few notable players for the first month of the season.
According to Oilers coach Mike Babkcock, Nugent-Hopkins is out for at least the team’s season-opening game.
For a number of Edmonton Oilers, their game just isn’t NHL-ready. Whether they’re prospects or journeymen, they’re all working on their game, and this season will be no different. Here’s a quick word on each of the players that were cut from the Oilers training camp roster. Samuel Jonsson: Will his strong ECHL play translate…
The Edmonton Oilers failed to go deep in the 2025/26 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and after another summer of change, optimism […]
On the morning of the season opener, Edmonton Oilers fans got some disappointing news. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will not be available to play against the Vancouver Canucks tonight due to a lower-body injury, according to coach Mike Babcock. Jack Michaels tweeted that it might be a “two-week timeline.” The team is already without Jason Dickinson, who…
Have you ever been attracted to someone who just wasn’t right for you? Maybe they had a radiant smile or a charming personality, but under the surface, the two of you just weren’t compatible. If you’ve ever experienced a situation like that, then you might have something in common with the Edmonton Oilers. Over the…
The marathon begins tonight. An even longer marathon called the 2026-27 NHL season, a journey of 84 regular season games, must start with a single game tonight for the Edmonton Oilers. They couldn’t have drawn a better opponent to get going in the right direction by hosting the Vancouver Canucks, who’ve spent the off-season focused…
Every year, there are a handful of players that unexpectedly make the cut with an NHL team. This fall, the Edmonton Oilers might have the most surprising one of them…
Training camp has wrapped up, all the pre-season games have been played, and the Edmonton Oilers finished with a perfect 4-0 record in the exhibition games. The Oilers played with pace, got solid goaltending, and, for the most part, looked like a team that was buying into the system that head coach Mike Babcock is…
The new season is upon us as teams will play their opening game or two throughout this week. All eyes will be on the stars on the ice, and fans…
The Toronto Maple Leafs made a huge deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, swapping Matthew Knies for Kirill Marchenko in a trade that had other parts. It begs the question: could the Edmonton Oilers have picked up Knies or Marchenko at the price they were traded for? Here’s the full trade: To the…
Opening day rosters have been submitted and some players were added to the IR to start the season, including Brock Faber and Bryan Rust.
McDavid stays put (again), Matthews doesn’t, the Florida empire strikes back, and more.
Pencils down, front offices. The NHL’s roster deadline came and went on Monday at 3 p.m. MT, when all 32 teams needed to get their cap-compliant teams set. Fans, pundits and scribes, such as your deskman here, waited into the night for PuckPedia to send the telegram of who was in and who was out….
How the Oilers set the tone of their game in the pre-season During the Edmonton Oilers’ exhibition game against Vancouver on Sept. 24, Filip Chytil collided with an official below the goal line to the immediate left of Tristan Jarry. In other words, deep in Edmonton’s zone. It was an ugly play, and one I’m…
Every year, there is a big surprise at Edmonton Oilers training camp. Some years it’s a young Magnus Paajarvi, some years it’s Ty Rattie, and some years it’s Jesse Joensuu. This year it was Owen Michaels, but unlike some of the other pre-season heroes that we’ve had around these parts, Michaels didn’t earn his spot…
It’s hot take season, and NHL insider Frank Seravalli is hot off the press with some of his own. He dove into 32 predictions in an article for Sportsnet, predicting a Stanley Cup Final between the Minnesota Wild and Alex Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals, with the Wild acquiring Dylan Larkin and him helping them reach the pinnacle….
Chaz Horton was a big deal in Edmonton in 1979. So big a deal that the sports reporter was cryogenically frozen until he was needed most. With the Oilers in “show me” mode with McDavid, that time is now. Hey Oilers fans, Chaz here. Stop what you’re doing right now, put that mobile phone down…
The Montreal Canadiens are a team to watch on the trade market, as their season opens Tuesday night in Toronto. While they are likely going to start the year carrying three goaltenders, with Sam Montembeault likely getting traded at some point, it's actually a forward that's creating a ton of trade buzz. Multiple insiders see Kirby Dach as a prime trade candidate this season. The former first-round pick has battled injuries throughout his career, and has yet to really carve himself out a role ...
The Vancouver Canucks look to have solidified their goaltending situation for Tuesday’s season opener against the Edmonton Oilers. Thatcher Demko will begin the season on injured reserve; Kevin Lankinen will likely start, with recent waiver claim Leevi Meriläinen serving as his backup. Nikita Tolopilo has cleared waivers and will report to AHL Abbotsford, leaving…
The Columbus Blue Jackets need blue help. The Edmonton Oilers are interested in Kirby Dach. There are several teams not on Dylan Larkin's list that would be interested.